Anthrax windfall

Hakki Alacakaptan nucleus at superonline.com
Thu Nov 1 01:26:06 PST 2001



>From ZNet:

Anthrax Treatment
>From Facing South:
Cost of a 60-day supply in the U.S. of the anthrax-fighting antibiotic Cipro, patented by Bayer: $700 Cost of a generic alternative, not available in the U.S. due to Bayer's patent: $20 Amount of profits made by U.S. pharmaceutical industry last year, in billions: $27 Amount that U.S. consumers would save if imports of generic alternatives of all drugs were allowed in the U.S., in billions: $30 Amount that President Bush is willing to reduce costs of Cipro by over-riding the Bayer monopoly, as the government of Canada did last month: 0 Amount that President Bush received from the pharmaceutical industry for his presidential campaign: $472,333 Number of former drug company executives in Bush's cabinet: 2

Hakki Alacakaptan



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